1 Kings 18:7-16

International Standard Version

⁷ While Obadiah was on the road, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him and bowed down with his face to the ground. “It’s you, isn’t it, my master Elijah?”

⁸ “I am,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Look! Elijah!’”

⁹ But Obadiah replied, “What did I do wrong, that you would put me in a position where Ahab would execute me? ¹⁰ As surely as the Lord your God lives, there isn’t a nation or kingdom where my master hasn’t tried to find you. Whenever they would say ‘He isn’t here,’ he forced that kingdom or nation to swear that they hadn’t seen you. ¹¹ But now you’re saying ‘Go tell your master, “Elijah is here!”’ ¹² As soon as I’ve left you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you off to I don’t know where! Then when I go tell Ahab and he can’t find you, he’ll kill me, even though I have been your servant and have feared the Lord since I was young! ¹³ Hasn’t anyone told you, my master, what I did when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets? I hid 100 of the Lord’s prophets by fifties in a cave and provided food and water for them. ¹⁴ Now you’re saying, ‘Go tell your master, “Elijah’s here!”’ He’s sure to kill me!”

¹⁵ But Elijah promised him, “As the Lord of the Heavenly Armies lives, in whose presence I stand, I will appear to Ahab today.”

¹⁶ So Obadiah went out to meet Ahab and reported to him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.